Author Archives: James Peters
Which would you prefer, a white Christmas or a green Christmas?
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Police watchdog to investigate after man injured in weekend theft incident on Kamloops North Shore
KAMLOOPS - The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is taking over the probe into a police incident on the Kamloops North Shore Saturday evening (Dec. 19).According to an IIO news release, th...
Dec 21, 2020
Kamloops Code Blue says province will review effluent from Ajax site
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops environmental groups are claiming victory after their efforts to increase scrutiny on the Ajax mine site proved fruitful.In a news release, Kamloops Code Blue - which is comprised ...
Dec 21, 2020
Lockdown to begin for all of Ontario on Boxing Day
TORONTO - All of Ontario will go into lockdown on Boxing Day as the province tries to bring soaring COVID-19 cases under control.The lockdown will remain in place for southern Ontario until Jan. 23, b...
Dec 21, 2020
With 153 overdose deaths in November, B.C. on the verge of a record year
VICTORIA - B.C. recorded 153 more deaths by illicit drug overdose in November, making it a certainty 2020 will be the province's deadliest year from drug overdoses on record.There have been 1,548 illi...
Dec 21, 2020
B.C. records 624 new COVID-19 cases Friday, including 60 in Interior
VICTORIA - Public health officials are reporting another 624 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Friday (Dec. 18), including 60 within Interior Health. The new cases raise the provincial total to 45,400 since t...
Dec 18, 2020
B.C. sees 673 new COVID-19 cases, 21 more deaths, 66 more cases in Interior
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting 673 new cases of COVID-19, including 66 within Interior Health. In her briefing Thursday (Dec. 17), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said that raises the total o...
Dec 17, 2020
Twenty-one new COVID-19 cases found in Kamloops last week, down slightly from previous week
KAMLOOPS - The latest weekly numbers from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show slightly less spread of COVID-19 in Kamloops. The update to Local Health Area (LHA) spread is for the week of Decembe...
Dec 17, 2020
Twenty-four more deaths in B.C. due to COVID-19; 640 new cases
VICTORIA - It has been another deadly day in B.C.'s battle against COVID-19. According to a news release from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry Wednesday (Dec. 16), 24 more people have died f...
Dec 16, 2020
Crash slows traffic along Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - There was a fiery crash along the Coquihalla highway near the Lac Le Jeune turnoff this morning (Dec. 16). Kamloops Fire and Rescue (KFR) was called out after a truck's axle broke away, cro...
Dec 16, 2020
